Researchers estimate that the range in the number of words read by middle school students each year is from 100,000 for an unmotivated reader to somewhere between 10 and 50 million for the best readers (Nagy & Anderson, 1984).

Donalyn Miller is a sixth grade teacher who deeply understands how to motivate children to read, even when they come to sixth grade with poor reading habits. Be sure to check out her book, The Book Whisperer.